noun An edible nut (technically a fruit) of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); also (chiefly preceded by a descriptive word), a nut from a related shrub or tree; or a similar nut from an unrelated plant.
noun In full chestnut tree: the shrub or tree that bears this nut, the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa); also (chiefly preceded by a descriptive word), a shrub or tree of the genus Castanea.
noun Wood of a chestnut tree.
noun Short for horse chestnut (“any of several tree species of the genus Aesculus, especially Aesculus hippocastanum; the fruit of such a tree”).
noun Things resembling a chestnut fruit in appearance or colour. A dark, reddish-brown colour, like that of chestnut fruit (noun sense 1).
chestnut:
noun A dark, reddish-brown colour, like that of chestnut fruit (noun sense 1).
chestnut:
noun A horse with a reddish-brown coat, mane and tail.
noun An oval or round horny plate located on the inner side of the leg of a horse or other equines, which is thought by some people to correspond with the thumbnail of other animals.